Chancellor Rachel Reeves defends scrapping winter fuel payments | The Today Programme

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has defended her decision to scrap winter fuel payments for around 10 million pensioners.
She told the BBC she had found a "black hole" in the public finances and "had to act" to "fix the mess".
"There are lots of difficult decisions that I had to make yesterday... But the previous government made a load of promises without putting any money behind them."
Ms Reeves accused the previous government and former chancellor Jeremy Hunt of hiding a massive shortfall in public money.
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves defends scrapping winter fuel payments | The Today Programme
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